[ND] How to get your RON/Electronic Endorsement in North Dakota

Before you can use the Notary Hub platform by Everything Legal, you will need to be currently commissioned as a traditional notary.

Note: If you do not already have a notary license, you will need to complete that as your first step.

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Everything legal also provides you with the required Electronic Journal for documenting your remote online notarizations.

North Dakota law allows notaries public commissioned in this state to perform Remote Online Notarization (RON). The requirements for RON, specifically, are covered in N.D.C.C § 44-06.1-13.1.

To comply with the requirements of the law, and before a commissioned notary public can perform his or her first RON, the notary public must provide the following information to the Secretary of State’s office:

1. Notification that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to remotely located individuals; and
2. Identification of the technologies the notary public intends to use by providing the name of the provider of the communication technology that will be utilized for RON.

This notification may be provided by:

Email to: [email protected]

Fax to: (701) 328-1690

Or by letter to: North Dakota Secretary of State, 600 E Boulevard Avenue, Dept 108, Bismarck ND 58505-0500.

Allow several weeks for the Secretary of State to process your application, and respond with your confirmation of electronic commission

• No training or exam is required to become a North Dakota remote Notary.
• You do not need a surety bond on top of the $7,500 surety bond already required for your traditional commission
• There is no additional registration fee to become a remote Notary